Facebook Members < 5.0.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

2013-04-22 00:00

Charlie Eriksen

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.0.5

Affected PluginFacebook Members

Affected Version< 5.0.5

CVSS7.6High

CVECVE-2013-2703

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Vulnerability Overview

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Facebook Members plugin before 5.0.5 for WordPress allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that modify this plugin's settings.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.0.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)) The web application does not, or cannot, sufficiently verify whether a request was intentionally provided by the user who sent the request, which could have originated from an unauthorized actor.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2703 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0652b19c-52c8-4d77-973f-1e93a5ba811c

CVSS Vector

7.6

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityLow

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